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TROX vs. AVNT, CC, CE, DOW, EMN, HUN, KRO, LYB, OLN, and WLK

Should you be buying Tronox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tronox include Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Olin (OLN), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Tronox vs. Its Competitors

Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, Avient had 5 more articles in the media than Tronox. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avient and 6 mentions for Tronox. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Tronox's score of -0.28 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tronox
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avient
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Tronox. Tronox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tronox$3.04B0.28-$48M-$0.95-5.55
Avient$3.24B0.93$169.50M$1.0730.68

Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Tronox's net margin of -4.94%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Tronox's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tronox-4.94% -1.57% -0.48%
Avient 3.09%10.48%4.16%

Tronox has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Tronox presently has a consensus price target of $7.06, suggesting a potential upside of 33.89%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 42.57%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Tronox.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tronox
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tronox pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Avient beats Tronox on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TROX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TROX vs. The Competition

MetricTronoxCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$835.89M$11.53B$3.24B$20.60B
Dividend Yield8.99%3.39%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio-5.5522.12112.8727.20
Price / Sales0.285.0528,664,708,927,600,500.0053.52
Price / Cash3.107.5923.8822.28
Price / Book0.471.636.054.58
Net Income-$48M$507.43M$147.94M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-4.44%-2.62%1.69%-1.09%
1 Month Performance-5.79%4.26%4.64%3.25%
1 Year Performance-69.53%-8.05%23.70%6.97%

Tronox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TROX
Tronox
4.6835 of 5 stars
$5.28
+0.3%
$7.06
+33.9%
-68.3%$835.89M$3.04B-5.556,500Analyst Forecast
AVNT
Avient
4.5798 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.7%
$46.80
+41.2%
-25.3%$3.15B$3.24B12.949,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CC
Chemours
4.4049 of 5 stars
$12.42
-3.9%
$17.33
+39.6%
-47.2%$1.94B$5.78B12.686,000Analyst Forecast
CE
Celanese
4.2681 of 5 stars
$58.10
-4.6%
$63.50
+9.3%
-59.7%$6.66B$10.28B-3.8212,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOW
DOW
3.2735 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-47.4%$20.12B$42.96B68.8336,000News Coverage
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9422 of 5 stars
$78.18
-1.7%
$98.54
+26.0%
-21.0%$9.19B$9.38B9.9514,000Analyst Forecast
HUN
Huntsman
3.8335 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$15.00
+40.6%
-51.5%$1.93B$6.04B-11.736,300Analyst Forecast
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.0698 of 5 stars
$6.33
-3.2%
$7.75
+22.4%
-52.3%$752.34M$1.89B7.632,524News Coverage
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.3562 of 5 stars
$60.79
-2.0%
$68.31
+12.4%
-34.6%$19.93B$40.30B18.7620,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.5637 of 5 stars
$21.07
-3.9%
$27.67
+31.3%
-57.2%$2.52B$6.54B41.317,676News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
WLK
Westlake
4.7147 of 5 stars
$78.77
-2.9%
$90.85
+15.3%
-44.1%$10.40B$12.14B26.4315,540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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